A New York City man may be spending the next decade in a Pennsylvania state prison after pleading guilty to shooting an Easton man last summer.

Northampton County Judge Michael Koury sentenced Richard Francisco Garcia to four to 10 years in state prison today but made the 20-year-old Bronx man eligible for boot camp, which is an alternative to jail time for young offenders. Under the negotiated plea deal, Garcia pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault, and prosecutors agreed to withdraw charges of attempted homicide, providing a false identification to law enforcement and carrying a firearm without a license.

Police said Garcia, Elizaul Trujillo and a third man got into a confrontation in the 700 block of Ferry Street at 4:28 a.m. July 25. Garcia shot Trujillo repeatedly before fleeing, and authorities discovered Trujillo bleeding from his wounds in the first block of South Eighth Street, according to court documents.

Trujillo survived the attack and identified Garcia as his attacker to police Aug. 7, investigators said. Police had already arrested Garcia that morning after a suspect in a possible car theft provided police with a fake identity, according to court documents. He admitted to shooting Trujillo while being interviewed by police, authorities said.

Police recovered a firearm a block away from the shooting, and investigators found Garcia's DNA on it, said defense attorney Eleanor Breslin. No evidence conclusively showed what sparked the attack, she said.

"I think it was a fair resolution for my client," she said.

District Attorney John Morganelli said he was satisfied with the negotiation. Assistant District Attorney Richard Pepper, who handled the case, felt he would not be able to prove Garcia had an intent to kill when he shot Trujillo, he said, which made the aggravated assault charge the most appropriate way forward.